Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA, in the Senegalese capital, Dakar.

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Representatives from UN-OCHA, JICA Turkey Office and UNESCO made presentations on their activities related to earthquake disasters.

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In its weekly bulletin, the OCHA said it had "received reports of looting of houses of displaced people, markets and businesses" in the camp and Kutum town.

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Members of the Sudanese Armed Forces removed the "armed tribesmen" from Kutum town last Saturday, but the militiamen returned a day later to fight again, the OCHA said.

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"Proper sampling from the mobile laboratory is urgently needed to determine the scope and magnitude of the crisis and to assist in developing a rigorous response, " OCHA said in a statement.

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